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Key lab to improve air monitoring with innovations

More effective technology and equipment should be developed to monitor air pollution in China, according to experts in the field, and a new key laboratory is being built to make sure that happens.

Reforms introduced by Shenzhen Customs help give city a boost

Shenzhen Customs has introduced reforms to cut the clearance procedures and costs for the foreign trading companies, in an effort to improve the city's business environment.

Draft law aims to protect heroes

Lawmakers are considering a measure that would punish people who say derogatory things about heroes and martyrs, after a number of such cases aroused public attention.

Joint checkpoint envisioned to connect HK to mainland

China's top legislature began deliberations on Friday on a joint checkpoint arrangement for the express rail link connecting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

Thousands throng Summer Palace for bridge photos

Thousands of tourists and photographers, equipped with cameras and selfie sticks, swarmed to the Seventeen-Arch Bridge and a nearby island at Beijing's Summer Palace on Friday, the winter solstice, aiming to record the famous view of the setting sun shining through the arches.

Rampaging elephants trample tour guide

Chinese tour guide He Yongjie was attacked by two elephants and trampled to death on Thursday afternoon after saving a woman's life in Pattaya, Thailand.

Car plows into street sweepers; 5 killed

Five street sweepers were killed and two more were injured when they were struck by a car on Erhuan Bridge in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.

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New department created to guard children's welfare

Beijing's Civil Affairs Bureau set up a child welfare and protection department on Wednesday, forming a "joint force" to protect children, according to a senior official.

World's longest glass bridge ready to open

The world's longest glassfloor bridge will open to the public on Sunday in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.

85 convicted on telefraud charges in Beijing court

Eighty-five defendants, including 44 Taiwan residents, received sentences ranging from 21 months to 15 years in a Beijing court on Thursday for their involvement in a cross-border telecom fraud.